New details of HIV life cycle
Reading Time: 2 minutesRESEARCH by a multi-institutional team, including two members from the University of Delaware, has revealed new details about the HIV virus capsid structure and how it develops. A capsid is a protein shell that encloses a virus’s genetic blueprint. The study, led by Cornell University scientists, was published Aug 1 in the journal Nature and […]
Spotlight on Ulam Raja
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudy finds anti-diabetes chemicals in local salad eaten by Malay community RESEARCHERS in Malaysia have shown that the plant Cosmos caudatus Kunth contains chemicals that can lower blood glucose levels. These plant-based substances could be investigated further as potential therapeutic agents to help manage high blood sugar in diabetes, a disease that affects 422 million […]
Bill Gates: GMO seeds can help farmers adapt to climate change
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIN a conference call during the Global Climate Action Summit held in San Francisco on September 12-14, 2018, Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said that the power of innovation should extend to climate change. Gates believes that innovation will be key to confronting climate change, helping those affected by it, […]
Cancer researchers take Nobel for Medicine
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded recently to James P. Allison of the United States and Tasuku Honjo of Japan for their work on unleashing the body’s immune system to attack cancer, a breakthrough that has led to an entirely new class of drugs and brought lasting remissions to many patients […]
INFOGRAFIK: HFMD
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Apakah yang ibu bapa perlu tahu tentang penyakit tangan, kaki dan mulut (HFMD)?
Reading Time: 2 minutesApakah penyakit tangan, kaki dan mulut atau HFMD? HFMD adalah penyakit yang disebabkan oleh enterovirus. Dua jenis virus utama penyebabnya adalah Coxsackie Virus A16 (Cox A16) dan Enterovirus-71 (EV71). Siapakah yang berisiko mendapat jangkitan HFMD? Sesiapa sahaja pada semua peringkat umur boleh mendapat jangkitan HFMD tetapi golongan kanak-kanak berusia di bawah lima tahun mudah mendapat […]
Sejauh manakah penyakit HFMD berbahaya kepada manusia?
Reading Time: < 1 minutePenyakit tangan kaki dan mulut atau HFMD berpunca daripada virus yang dikenali sebagai enterovirus meliputi Coxsackie Virus jenis A16 (Cox A16) dan Enterovirus 71 (EV71). Penularan penyakit atau virus HFMD adalah melalui sentuhan langsung dengan cecair hidung, air liur, lepuh (blister) dan najis kanak-kanak yang dijangkiti serta sentuhan pada permukaan dan alatan permainan yang tercemar […]
Enterprising Jane ventures to create preventive vaccines
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn the course of the last few decades infectious diseases have grown to become a major global health issue. Initiatives to eradicate vector-borne killer diseases such as dengue and malaria still continue to be a daunting task while resurgent tropical diseases such as Zika continue to be a worldwide menace. The race to find vaccines […]
Sentinext on mission to control HFMD with vaccine
Reading Time: 3 minutesMALAYSIAN based company Sentinext Therapeutics Sdn Bhd (Sentinext) is developing a vaccine against a strain of enterovirus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) – a condition commonly affecting children and which can lead to deadly infection of the brain and spinal cord membranes. HFMD causes fever and blisters around the hands, feet and […]
Scientists identify a new kind of human brain cell
Reading Time: 3 minutesOne of the most intriguing questions about the human brain is also one of the most difficult for neuroscientists to answer: What sets our brains apart from those of other animals? “We really don’t understand what makes the human brain special,” said Ed Lein, PhD, Investigator at the Allen Institute for Brain Science. “Studying the […]